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Enid Bell Palanchian, Tackle, Modernist Carved Mahogany Sculpture, ca. 1953

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DIMENSIONS height: 23 inches width; 12 inches depth: 6 inches MARKINGS Signed at the bottom in back. DETAILS Original hand-crafted black-painted wood plinth. REFERENCES Originally, sold to Papillon Gallery of Los Angeles. CONDITION Excellent antique condition, wear consistent with age and use. Enid Bell Palanchian (American, 1904 – 1994) a/k/a Mrs. E. B. Palanchian, Mrs. Enid Bell Palanchian and Mrs. Missak Palanchian was an important American sculptor, author, illustrator and professor who was primarily active in the New York/New Jersey area, but who established a respected body of work recognized throughout Europe and the United States as reflected by awards received in Paris, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico and Florida. Her achievements included numerous public works projects (e.g., the design of the Congressional Gold Medal) on display at public institutions and museums around the country, private commissions and sales throughout the world, group and solo exhibitions, generous donations of art and compilations, and the passing on of her knowledge and skills to 24 years of art students of the Newark School of Industrial and Fine Arts. Enid Bell was born in London, England, and later studied at the Glasgow School of Art and then at the St. John’s Wood Art School; as well as studying with fellow Scot Sir William Reid Dick in London. Then, after moving to the United States, she taught at the Art Student League in New York City at Miss Chapen’s School. Essentially a figurative, direct carving in wood artist, she was based in New Jersey where she became the head of the sculpture program of the Fedral Art Project for that state and was herself the creator of several FAP commissions. In 1932, she married Armenian/American businessman and artist, Missalk Palanchian athough she retained her name “Bell” for professional purposes. Following the end of the Federal Art Project in 1944, she taught as instructor of sculpture and Head of the Sculpture Department of the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art until 1968, and was active was a member of the National Sculpture Society. Enid Bell died in 1994 in Englewood, New Jersey. WORK • Birds, Leonia Public Library in Leonia New Jersey (installed 1981) • Untitled, Boonton Post Office in Boonton, New Jersey (1938) • Boonton Post Office, Boonton, New Jersey • Colonizing America, Center for Youth Education, Newark, New Jersey, (1934) • Little Indian Dancer, Englewood Public Library, Englewood, New Jersey • Alexander Hamilton Troy Public Library in Troy, New York • bird bath, Music, Science, Union City Library in Union City, New Jersey • The Post Office 1790, United States Post Office in Mount Holly, New Jersey (1937) • On the Range, Deaf Smith County Museum in Hereford, Texas (1941) • On the Range, Smithsonian American Art Museum (1941) • Untitled Sculptural Frieze, Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York PUBLISHED WORKS (AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR): • 5 Arts and Crafts "Filmstrips" Series, published by Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1954 • "Tin Craft as a Hobby", Harper Brother Publishers, 1934, favorably reviewed by the World Telegram and N.Y. Times in 1934 • "Practical Woodcarving Projects", Harper Brothers Publishers, 1940 • "Signs and Symbols in Christian Art", Oxford University Press (Illustrator only) • "Christian Symbols in Italian Art", MacMillan Publishers (Illustrator only) • "Forsaking All Others", Alice Duer Miller, Simon and Schuster Publishers, 1931, illustrations only, drawings of N.Y. scenes • Various Articles in National Sculpture Review • Various Articles in American Artist Magazine, including March 1965, "My Wood Sculpture" & June 1968, "Sculptors Hartwig & Glinsky" AWARDS: • Sculpture Medal, Newark Art Club, Newark, NJ, 1933 • Gold Medal, Paris International Exposition, Paris, France, 1937 • First Honor for Wood Sculpture, New Mexico State Fair, Santa Fe, NM, 1941 • Second Honor for Ceramics, New Mexico State Fair, Santa Fe, NM, 1941 • Honorary Membership of the Eugene Field Society National Association of Authors and Journalists, awarded March 19, 1941 • First-Place Award in Sculpture, Annual New Jersey State Exhibition, Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ, 1948 • Nellie Wright Allen Award, Jersey City Museum Exposition HONORABLE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: • "Who's Who in American Art" • "Who's Who in American Women" • "Who's Who in the East" • "National Inventory of the Arts" • "Directory of American Sculpture" GALLERY REPRESENTATION: • Ferargil Gallery, New York City, NY • Roman Bronze Gallery, New York City, NY • Kraushaar Gallery, New York City, NY • Eugene Schoan Gallery, New York City, NY • Delius Gallery, New York City, NY • Collectors Gallery, New York City, NY • Jean Bohne Gallery, New York City, NY • Knopf Hunter Gallery, Santa Fe, NM • Brooke Street Gallery, London, England • Schoneman Gallery, New York City, NY.
  • Creator:
    Enid Bell Palanchian (Sculptor)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1953
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2819328590422

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